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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls
The reference was to EcoModder's sorta-competitor, CleanMPG.com. EM actually has more lively discussion of driving techniques than CleanMPG does, which is ironic, because CleanMPG's founder was probably the first to articulate most of the hypermiling techniques on our list of 100.
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Robert, the person who you refer to has been absorbed into the clique of those who do not want real innovation to become available unless it is the time frame of their agenda. Not much more than another car mag reporter any more.
As far as him being the first to advocate driving for mileage, that was done before he was born. It became a necessity when gas rationing in WW2 made fuel a precious commodity.
The Mobil economy run has been around a very long time, and mega mileage cars have as well. Plymouth developed freewheeling before WW2 and my 1937 Ford had a smaller more efficient carburetor to get average mileage to 20 MPG. Freewheeling allowed you to glide by just letting off the gas pedal, but was made illegal due to potential problems with lost brakes on long downhill sections of road.
The modifications made by Basjoos to his car prove the concept of better aero for high speed driving, which has also been done a long time ago. The manufacturers could do the same and use the extended areas of the car body as collision absorbing pneumatic components to reduce the ridiculous amount of damage in low speed impacts. While they might not go to the extreme of Basjoos design the could certainly get close to a CD of .20.
regards
Mech